Minister Monica Mutsvangwa told Manicaland Province to completely wipe out underage marriages after the region ranked third-worst in Zimbabwe for forcing kids into wedlock. She called out men directly at a Manzununu Primary School event, saying they need to stop preying on children and let girls actually finish school instead of becoming teenage brides. The province keeps racking up gender-based violence cases, and she said poverty or tradition can never justify stealing a girl's future.
Mutsvangwa also went after digital abuse, warning that creeps are using deepfakes, revenge porn, and cyberstalking to destroy young women's lives online. She said the attacks often target college students, businesswomen, and journalists who should be leading the country forward. The government set up four one-stop centers and three shelters across Manicaland for survivors needing counseling, legal help, or temporary housing.
She pushed families and schools to teach digital safety skills, and she wants social media platforms to delete harmful content faster and build better reporting systems that actually protect users.
Mutsvangwa also went after digital abuse, warning that creeps are using deepfakes, revenge porn, and cyberstalking to destroy young women's lives online. She said the attacks often target college students, businesswomen, and journalists who should be leading the country forward. The government set up four one-stop centers and three shelters across Manicaland for survivors needing counseling, legal help, or temporary housing.
She pushed families and schools to teach digital safety skills, and she wants social media platforms to delete harmful content faster and build better reporting systems that actually protect users.
